Israel & Palestine – Avi Melamed on I24 News analyzes the current relationship between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Israel & Palestine – Avi Melamed on I24 News analyzes the current relationship between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
i24NEWS is an Israeli-based international 24-hour news television channel located in Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv, Israel.[1] It broadcasts in French, English, and Arabic. English channel offers a weekly magazine in Spanish. The channel’s owner is Patrick Drahi, and the CEO is Frank Melloul.
In February 2017, i24NEWS expanded into the North American market and opened bureaus in the United States.[2] The channel has studios in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Paris, New York, Washington and Los Angeles, and deploys correspondents in other locations across the world.[3] In September 2021, following the Abraham Accords, the channel received a broadcasting license from the United Arab Emirates and opened its Gulf bureau in Dubai Media City.[4][5][6] In May 2022, the channel launched its operations in Morocco with two new bureaux in Rabat and Casablanca.[7]
Live programming in the US is broadcast from Times Square in New York with an additional bureau in Washington, DC. Approximately 50 journalists were hired to staff the two locations. The channel uses resources from its Jaffa headquarters.
Among the first journalists hired were Michelle Makori, anchor and editor-in-chief, David Shuster who is also a managing editor and Dan Raviv (a 40+ year veteran of CBS News). The channel acquired many of its debut behind-the-scenes talent from the former Al Jazeera America.
Haaretz, in a report on 2 December 2019, indicated that i24NEWS, in order to secure an English broadcast license, gave Benjamin Netanyahu more positive coverage.[10] The channel denied the allegations.
In 2020, following the Abraham Accords, i24NEWS signed a various of MoU[11] and partnership agreements with leading companies in the UAE. i24NEWS became the first Israel-based channel to be broadcast in the UAE. In 2021 the channel received a UAE broadcast license and launched its studios[12] in Dubai Media City, the regional hub for media organizations in the Gulf.
In 2022, i24NEWS launched its operations in Morocco[13] and the opening of two bureaus in Rabat and Casablanca, from which the channel operates its studios.[14]
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